I'm applying to 12 or 11. Tops are Colorado College, UC San Diego, Colby, and Colgate. I *think* I'd be happy at any of them, or even at the other 8, but we'll see. Whether the place I choose sucks or not, you can be sure that I'll make a list=digs either way.

Ahaha Graham. I hate the gate too - it's such a pain! Usually when I leave, Michael (our youngest brother) will come down and open it for me (and close it of course). Makes that 45 seconds of my day much more bearable ;)

Anyways, thanks for drying Trav home last night - allowed me to go home an hour earlier than I anticipated.

"If no one complained nothing would ever change."
Sorry, old man - but history proves otherwise. Complaints themselves are nothing but empty words, the problems behind them and and an actual "depression"-like state in majority of a social class changes things.

Don't think that's easy for me to say - I struggle a lot with trying to stay positive. But for the most part I try to carry an aura of positive energy with me and if I really need to, I'll let the tears come at night. It's important to have a good cry once in a while. ;)

That said, your attitude affects your circumstances, whether you believe it or not.

Odds are if you have a negative outlook on life, your circumstances are irrelevant to your mood.

That's psychology 101 and called (principle) of "self-fulling prophecy" or for the really slow ones (nope, I'm not talking about anyone here but I like to stretch my point a bit): the logical conclusion of knowing how subjective perception changes everything. (see Wittgenstein, "Everything depends upon our criteria")

dammit what is with christians jinxing everyone! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH COME ON KIMM! never tell someone anything along the lines of "you never know when your time will come." that bastard at work already jinxed me soooooo hard.